PHS Wiki Session 3/13/09


A wiki is a page or collection of Web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content (excluding blocked users), using a simplified markup language.
"Wiki" (/wiːkiː/) is a Hawaiian word for "fast".
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki)

Session Agenda

1) Account and Wiki Creation
2) Adding and Locking Pages
3) "Edit This Page": Overview of the Editing Bar
4) Posting Assignments and Files
5) Posting Links to other Websites
6) Student account creation / Allowing student access
7) Widget Basics


8) Build your Wiki / Questions


Resource Links

(note: to open any files, click on the file and select "open with"-->then "OK" to open the file directly from this page
OR click on the file and select "save as"-->then select the location you want to save to (desktop is easiest)-->then double-click on the file on the desktop to open)

Amber McQuillan's wikispace
--A great example of what you can really do with the wiki (She's teaching the "Advanced Wiki Session" for a reason.

CP Research Paper
--An example of one way to use the wiki for an extended assignment (10th grade CP Research paper)

http://www.wikispaces.com/t/x/teachers100K
--link to create free private wiki (normally costs $50/year, but free for educators). Private is the best option for a class wiki because you determine who can access it.


--A guide to everything Wiki, from creating an account, to uploading files, to using your wiki as a discussion board. Credit goes to Amber McQuillan for the work done here.


--A printable guide to give you can give to your students to introduce them to using the wiki in class.

PHS CFF Wiki
--Jason Henry's Wiki for PHS. Contains links to resources on how to use much of the CFF-related software (iMovie, Wiki, Podcasting, etc.) as well as links to department-specific resources